IRISH CO-OPERATIVE ALLIANCE TO MARK UN INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF CO-OPERATIVES – President Michael D. Higgins will join over 200 Irish industry and public sector leaders along with Research & Innovation Minister Sean Sherlock, T.D. and the President of the International Co-operative Alliance, Dame Pauline Green, to mark the UN International Year of Co-operatives at a keynote national conference in Croke Park on May 15th. Pictured from the combined national organising bodies are (left to right): Declan Hudson, Chairman of National Association of Building Co-operatives (NABCO); Martin Sisk, Vice-President, Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) and Seamus O’Donohoe, Chief Executive, Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS).